5 Apr 1943USS Finback (Lt.Cdr. J.A. Tyree, Jr.) torpedoed and inflicts further damage upon the Japanese troopship Suwa Maru (10672 GRT)(previously damaged by USS Tunny on 28 March and beached) off Wake Island in position 19°20'N, 166°35'E.

12 May 1943USS Finback (Lt.Cdr. J.A. Tyree, Jr.) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 5th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Palau.

27 May 1943USS Finback (Lt.Cdr. J.A. Tyree, Jr.) torpedoed and sank the Japanese army cargo ship Kochi Maru (2910 GRT, built 1920) some 75 nautical miles north-west of Palau in position 08°23'N, 134°06'E.

8 Jun 1943USS Finback (Lt.Cdr. J.A. Tyree, Jr.) torpedoed and sank the Japanese auxiliary minelayer Kahoku Maru (3277 GRT) about 100 nautical miles north of Palau in position 08°14'N, 134°18'E.

16 Aug 1944USS Finback (Lt.Cdr. R.R. Williams, Jr.) departed from Majuro for her 10th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol of the Bonin Islands.

2 Sep 1944While lifeguarding for an airstrike on Chichi Jima, USS Finback (Lt.Cdr. R.R. Williams, Jr.) rescues Lieutenant (jg) George H.W. Bush, USNR, of VT-51. Bush will eventually become the 41st President of the United States.